Institutions of Reading: The Social Life of Libraries in the United States

by Kenneth E. Carpenter and Thomas Augst

Book Overview

Tracing the evolution of the library as a modern institution from the late eighteenth century to the digital era, this book explores the diverse practices by which Americans have shared reading matter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558495916
• ISBN13: 9781558495913
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher